Chapter 126

Simone couldn't hear anything anymore. All she could focus on was the cold look in Sabrina and Cassian's eyes. She had tried to poison their grandmother. There was no way they'd let her go. Even if prison didn't kill her, those two definitely wouldn't. The more she thought about it, the more terrified she became. When she vaguely picked up the sound of a police siren from a distance, she whipped her head toward the door-and bolted. The dim moonlight hung up in the sky, barely lighting her path. Simone ran in panic, not caring where she was going. The Spencer estate's layout was a maze-pavilions, bridges, winding paths-making it impossible to figure out the way out in that moment of chaos. Ahead, she spotted some staff members closing in and shouting, "Stop right there!" In her panic, Simone thought they were cops. She swerved and sprinted onto a bridge, desperate to escape. Just as she reached the middle, something dark darted toward her like lightning. In that dead-silent night, the o